[Mima]

My body is in pain today and I'm going for a walk with my aunt. My masseuse told me that my shoulders throw off my whole body and that's why I have pain in my legs. I don't know. Fibro is so fickle.
Ally-you brought back memories of what I went through with my middle son. All that verbal abuse. Now he is the best kid-26 and extremely respectfully-probably has some guilt-I never gave up on him but I had to let go of his behavior. His Dad was an alcoholic and I was in Al-Anon and that helped a lot.
I went to a retirement party yesterday and probably used up 100 WWpts so I'm starting over today. It's easier to go to a restaurant where you can make choices. Everyone have a great day!!!!!!!!!!

[Joanne D]

Hello -- Oh Boy Ally ,I know what you are going through. Children have a way of condemning you for something they want and don't get and then they can make you feel guilty you didn't give it to them. Hang in there . Don't give in. Swallow your tears and don't let them know how bad you hurt. They will stew awhile and then find something new to hand you.I am sure it is hard when they play mother and father against each other and esp. when they don't live together. The way life goes it is usually the mother who has to be strong. The Thanks comes when they are 40 and have a set of their own kids. When they get a dose of their own medicine.
Happy Canuk hope you feel much better today. I got on the scale today . I am not a Happy Camper!The weekend caught up with me, I guess.
Bye All ,Joanne

[tootie]

Hello all you ladies. I'll get to know all of you soon. Being the oldest,it takes me longer to work people out/in my scheme of things.
At this minute the rain is coming down fiercly and we have flood watches all over. It's what is left of Tropical Storm Allison.and it's droping 1/2 inches per hour.Since I'm new here, I don't know what to expect, but lots of Texas is flloding. {why} You would think that they would have this figured out by now!. I guess that's why I have flood insurance.

Believe it or not, my pain is not too bad, even with the bad weather!So when it's just damp and I feel really hurting, like why?

Joanne, all of the inflammation that flares up and goes in a day or two is almost gone.Had it one day in the ankle, one day in the index finger and one day in the back of the left leg. When it was in the ankle, I had to take out the crutches, couldn't put any weight on it.If I were able to go to the rehumi when it's here, she would take a fluid sample of the joint and put it under a microscope.Claims that uric acid tests are not good enough because the chrystals dissappear in a sample sent to a lab.
Got up at noon today so couldn't help the new mommy much except go grocery shopping.It felt good to know I had been sleeping and not showering!!!
Happy, You seem to have a world of knowledge at your disposal and amazes me how you retain all this. So I guess we all have a hypothalmus? and maybe it's caput?causing this thing called fibromyalgia.There is a lady on the sugar busters board called Ty blossom, and she lost something like 89 pounds{i think} and her fibro went AWAY. AWAY, do you read that.She is such a wonderful person, her whole family is on the sugarbusters program
.For any body who doesn't know what it is, you change eating processed food to whole grains, no white potatoes, no sugar, no white rice, no corn/corn flour; but low glycemic fruits and veggies.Fruit has to be eaten alone{while the tummy is almost empty} and you keep away from hi sugar fruits, like bannanas,watermellon, orange juice etc
Good fruits with lots of fiber and little sugar is berries, strawberries, blueberries, all which are yummy with a little whipped cream..
sorry for the mindless chater today. Keep well.

[Ally0306]

Tootie....You're not the only one who will need a while to remember who is who with our newbies. And Joanne and Mima...thanks for your support about kids.
You too, Happy Anne.
This is an awful thing I learned from my own mother, but I am doing the silent treatment right now. Partly because I fear that I am so hurt that I would want to say something to hurt back and partly because this lets them know that a line has been crossed and I am seriously disappointed in them.
I went for a fish sandwich and a walk in the cemetary while their father picked them up and avoided that bit of tension.....but ironically didn't I happen on the graves of three kids from my graduating class back in 1974 who all died that year in car accidents. I think I will have to take my sons there for a peek.

So.....the fish sandwich was a no-no and not a good thing to fall back on during stress, but at least I didn't go for the fries and the milkshake.
Not in my fiber diet either and that'll mean i am bloated tomorrow.
That sugar busters diet probably does cure fibro. I truly believe the answer is in our diet.
Someone left a piece of Angel food cake with strawberries on it on my desk today. I don't even like it but am so weakened by stress that I just swallowed it down.....

[Candicej]

I'm back and 1.5 pounds lighter! My soapwart and star of Bethleham below........

[tootie]

Not only for the weight you lost but for those loverly flowers you grow and show!!
Also for the fact that you can bend on your knees to plant them and get up again!
The only flowers I have are the ones my daughter Cynthia, planted for me bordering the back of the pool and a few stand alone planters.
I miss her!
Ally I know what you mean about seeing a reminder that you knew 3 who died in auto crashes. It's sad and reminds us of our oun mortality.
I just heard of my last executive {boss} who was Mexican and came from El Paso Texas, who just said she felt poorly and then died. They claim it was an embolism. She was only 53, no children, because she worked fiercly to support her family and more recently, her European husband.
Don't you know that the first thing after feeling so sorry for her, I said to me, now he will have to get a job, or marry someone else.
So cynical am I !
By the way, If you have been seeing reports about 20 inch rainfalls, in the Houston area, you can believe them. The flooding is all around us. I went this morn to buy some bottled water, because there is too much flooding all around not to affect our services like water and sewer. electric and gas.
My son's new house is right in back of Indian spring creek. It is swollen and they have checked it out, there are snakes all over and the deer are nowhere to be seen.If it continues to rain until monday, I think the flood waters will close in on us that have seemingly high ground.No other way for the water to go.This is some disaster, a woman died in an elevator tying to get from the first floor garage and got stalled and drowned.other people got caught under the overpasses and the water covered their car before they could get out.
Wish me luck, in all propablity I will not be able to post any more until this is all over.
wish me luck!!!

[MemeToo]

Hi All...gee Phyllis...that sounds really bad...guess everything IS bigger in Texas like they say!!! Even rain! Hope you're ok.

Ally...just wait...hate to be the barer of bad news but IT GETS WORSE. Wait until you get daughter-in-laws!!!

I have been feeling really lousy lately. Plenty of sunshine here so I should be feeling better. I need to go on a fast...I always feel better when I do that for a couple of days.

[Ally0306]

Hey Guys....I am inside for a sun break. hate to say that in front of you, Tootie, but NY has had it's share of miserable weather and we deserve some nice sun.
Just have to remember that if I get too much, I get headaches and sick feeling.
Not much energy thanks to my stressed out few days with my own little dukes of hazard. One son has left numerous "i'm sorry" messages, the other is silent. So much more like his Dad and he will pay for that along the way. Meme....daughters-in-law will one day come to me and cry that these boys are so self-centered and I will insist that it did not come from me.....
I upped the fiber big time to combat that nasty McD fish sandwich and all is well with the world.
Congrats Candice.....one day I must get on the scale.
But I'll think about that tomorrow.

[Mima]

Hi from sunny Massachusetts. I'm feeling better-when I went to get a message she told me to make sure my knees were soft when I walk and I realized I hold my legs stiff. Trying to be aware of my body and have been listening to my stress tape. My hip hurts today but I went dancing last night and had a great time so it was worth it. Going to weigh in tomorrow-haven't been perfect-only good. there is a game you can play-when you first weigh in you wear heavy clothes and then shorts the next week. Still like ww because of the choices. Have fun everyone.Mima

[MemeToo]

Hey...Mima...so then what do you do the THRID week!!!

I lost 3 of the 18 pounds I've gained last week! (I'm sooooo stupid I amaze myself sometimes!)

[Happy Canuk]

Started a new thread.